an example for other countries in Europe? To what extent do our European neighbours benefit from Germany's industry? Or …-term success? And what recommendations can be derived from these developments for industrial policy strategies in Europe and …

This paper analyses the determinants of spatial distribution of foreign technological activity across 96 German regions … sources for externalities on the extent of foreign technological activity across regions. Our results show that foreign … technological activity is attracted by technologically specialised sectors of regions. In contrast to existing findings this effect …